October 25, 2008, Saturday

An already compact field for the Arlington Million became smaller with the announcement that the front-running Sudan will miss the race with an injured tendon. “He was fine when he galloped,” the trainer Bobby Frankel said of Sudan’s workout on...

August 9, 2008, Saturday

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 13 - It had been a rough couple of weeks for Jorge Chavez, a stalwart jockey on the New York circuit who had his 15 minutes of fame when he won the 2001 Kentucky Derby aboard Monarchos.

September 5, 2004, Sunday

The Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel could not pull off a second straight upset in the Belmont Stakes, but his day was not a total loss. Three races before the Frankel-trained Master David finished seventh in the Belmont, Frankel captured the Grade...

This is a sport for the patient, and last week we saw three trainers who possessed that virtue; today, horse racing is a better game for it. Bobby Frankel heard his prized colt Empire Maker cough and thought better of entering him in the $1...